I dont see that anything done up to this point in this situation has disrespected any modeller in the community. The reasons suggested in posts 17, 18, and 19 all seem perfectly reasonable and valid and could very well explain the current situation. Im sorry to hear about the news that illness can also be a factor. To put this in perspective however, at this point at worst, there has been grumbling either perceptible or not about the lack of availability of the item in a few forum posts, Ive sent a very polite and reasonable email to Rubio and minerva, as Im sure is the case with the email sent by Acadia, and I would give the benefit of the doubt that any lurkers here that emailed as well had the common sence to make a respectful request out of it. While Im certain that no one who is sick wants to be "spammed" to excess, this is not much of a flood of emails. If the illness is so extreme that the net/email is no longer preformed as a hobbie, the emails wont even get read or "bother" the modellers to begin with. If they are read by the modellers, how terrible can it be to know that several people want to enjoy the fruits of thier labors that hadnt had a chance to previously? Guys its better than a pointed stick in the eye im sure :) With the site down, no counters active, no advertising income lost as the item is no longer on any site to draw hits to anyway, I cant see the harm in asking the legitimate owner of the item if at this time its permissible to get the item OK'ed for exchange between community members